Ja'Kobi Lane vs. Brandin Cooks: Who Should You Start in Week 8?

Start Ja'Kobi Lane. Brandin Cooks is on a bye, and Ja'Kobi Lane is projected for 6.2 PPR points vs BUF.

Updated Oct 30, 7:29 AM ET

Ja'Kobi Lane vs. Brandin Cooks: Week 8 side by side

Ja'Kobi Lane
WR · BAL
Brandin Cooks
WR · SF
Projection (Week 8, avg of sources)6.2—
Floor (lowest source)3.4—
Ceiling (highest source)8.0—
StatChasers projection7.4 (WR54)—
Opponentvs BUFBye
Opponent vs. position1st-softest (42.3 pts/g allowed)—
Recent usage15% target share (last 3)—
PositionWRWR
Our callSIT · BenchSIT · No projection

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Ja'Kobi Lane vs. Brandin Cooks Week 8 Start/Sit FAQ

Should I start Ja'Kobi Lane or Brandin Cooks in Week 8?

Start Ja'Kobi Lane. Brandin Cooks is on a bye, while Ja'Kobi Lane projects for 6.2 PPR points vs BUF.

Who has the better matchup in Week 8, Ja'Kobi Lane or Brandin Cooks?

Ja'Kobi Lane plays BUF and Brandin Cooks is on a bye in Week 8.

Each projection already accounts for the opponent, so a soft matchup is a tiebreaker, not a reason to bench the higher projection.

Does PPR scoring change Ja'Kobi Lane vs. Brandin Cooks?

These numbers are in PPR. Full PPR adds a point per catch, so it helps whichever player sees more targets.

Switch between PPR, Half PPR and Standard on the board above to rescore both players from the same sources.

Are Ja'Kobi Lane and Brandin Cooks playing in Week 8?

Ja'Kobi Lane has no injury designation, and Brandin Cooks is on a bye.

Designations change through the week, so check again before kickoff; this page updates with each refresh.

Where do the Ja'Kobi Lane and Brandin Cooks projections come from?

Each figure is the average of the projection sources that carry the player this week: StatChasers, Sleeper, ESPN, numberFire, FFToday and the betting markets (sportsbook player props). Ja'Kobi Lane is projected by 5 of them and Brandin Cooks by 0.

A source with no number for a player is left out of the average rather than counted as a zero.

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